Cannot Make Xxdiff Compile And Install

djg1971 · 2009-10-19 17:22:56

xxdiff is supported by lots of distros, but unfortunately not arch...

downloaded the src package from http://furius.ca/xxdiff/

as root: unpacked, ran python setup helper scripts, ran qt3to4 in src directory...

modified Makefile.bootstrap to set qt directory and set path to qmake binary...

did: "make -f Makefile.bootstrap makefile"

then, "make" gives:

/usr/bin/uic3 optionsDialogBase.ui -o optionsDialogBase.h
g++ -c -pipe -DXX_DEBUG -g -D_REENTRANT -Wall -W -DQT_QT3SUPPORT_LIB -DQT3_SUPPORT -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_SHARED -I../../../share/qt/mkspecs/linux-g++ -I. -I../../../include/QtCore -I../../../include/QtGui -I../../../include/Qt3Support -I../../../include -I. -I. -o optionsDialog.o optionsDialog.cpp
In file included from ./resources.h:651,
from ./optionsDialog.h:35,
from optionsDialog.cpp:27:
./resources.inline.h: In member function 'int* XxResources::getDynProgTable(uint, uint) const':
./resources.inline.h:266: error: 'realloc' was not declared in this scope
optionsDialog.cpp: In member function 'void XxOptionsDialog::onApply()':
optionsDialog.cpp:572: warning: suggest parentheses around comparison in operand of '=='
make: *** [optionsDialog.o] Error 1

Too bad this is (still) so painful, xxdfiff is very handy. Anyone know how to make this work??

grey · 2009-10-19 18:41:56

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=11841

djg1971 · 2009-10-19 18:48:54

grey,

that doesn't work. i wouldn't have posted this if it did. adding the #include statement in resources.inline.h helps make get started, but it doesn't get much further before the following is encountered:

app.cpp: In member function 'XxResources* XxApp::buildResources() const':
app.cpp:2159: error: call of overloaded 'QTextIStream(QByteArray&)' is ambiguous
/usr/include/QtCore/qtextstream.h:353: note: candidates are: QTextIStream::QTextIStream(FILE*) <near match>
/usr/include/QtCore/qtextstream.h:352: note: QTextIStream::QTextIStream(QByteArray*) <near match>
/usr/include/QtCore/qtextstream.h:351: note: QTextIStream::QTextIStream(const QString*) <near match>
app.cpp:2160: error: no matching function for call to 'XxResParser::parse(QTextIStream&, XxResources&)'
./resParser.h:107: note: candidates are: void XxResParser::parse(const QString&, XxResources&)
./resParser.h:110: note: void XxResParser::parse(Q3TextStream&, XxResources&)
app.cpp: In member function 'bool XxApp::saveToFile(const QString&, bool, bool, bool)':
app.cpp:2434: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions
app.cpp: In member function 'void XxApp::saveSelectedOnly()':
app.cpp:3005: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions
app.cpp: In member function 'void XxApp::saveOptions()':
app.cpp:3093: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions
make: *** [app.o] Error 1

the point is that there are multiple C++ compiling issues that need to be addressed, and there is no package, no buildable package, and no available hacking methodology (that I can find) which will solve them all. So I was hoping someone had slogged through it and could comment on how to do all the necessary fixes.

grey · 2009-10-19 18:59:08

Sorry - I jumped to conclusions.
The last message on the AUR site of the package is from 09. October and says that it builds OK. So I assumed that there couldn't be illegal C++ code in it.

I'll try to have a look later.

grey · 2009-10-19 19:39:48

You're right - PKGBUILD is broken, but not badly so. And the package still compiles once you fix the PKGBUILD. Here is the patch:

--- PKGBUILD    2009-10-19 21:36:12.000000000 +0200
+++ PKGBUILD.new    2009-10-19 21:34:25.000000000 +0200
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 build() {
 cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver/src"
 sed -i "1i#include <stdlib.h>" resources.inline.h || return 1
-make -f Makefile.bootstrap makefile || return 1
-make || return 1
+make QTDIR=/opt/qt -f Makefile.bootstrap makefile || return 1
+make QTDIR=/opt/qt || return 1
 install -D -m 555 "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver/bin/xxdiff" "$pkgdir/usr/bin/xxdiff"
 }

Edit: Did you give meld a try? I recommend it.

Last edited by grey (2009-10-19 19:47:23)

djg1971 · 2009-10-19 20:53:07

grey,

still doesn't work. via AUR & yaourt, I get the following, including the edits you suggested to PKGBUILD:

==> Starting build()...
/opt/qt/bin/qmake -o Makefile.qmake xxdiff.pro
cat Makefile.qmake Makefile.extra > Makefile
/opt/qt/bin/uic markersWidgetBase.ui -o markersWidgetBase.h
make: *** [markersWidgetBase.h] Segmentation fault
==> ERROR: Build Failed.
Aborting...
Error: Makepkg was unable to build xxdiff package.

grey · 2009-10-19 21:15:42

Since it works for me, the C code is definitely legal.

What happens if you call uic directly in the xxdiff-3.2/src/ directory?
If that also seg faults, what do you get for
/opt/qt/bin/uic -h
/opt/qt/bin/uic -version
ldd /opt/qt/bin/uic

djg1971 · 2009-10-19 21:38:48

grey,

thanks much -- your last post reminded me to try running yaourt as root to do the build, which worked fine. i have never had problems with the fakeroot environment before, but then again i generally use pacman and have used relatively few aur packages since i've been using arch (~ 1.5 years).

i had not heard of meld, but installed that as well to compare: I think xxdiff is much cleaner -- virtually no thought and interpretation required to see what is going on between the two files, which is after all exactly the point of the utility.

thanks again,
david

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Cannot Make Xxdiff Compile And Install

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Re: Cannot Make Xxdiff Compile And Install

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